Candians commenced an attack on the hill guard, in rear of the palace, on which was a 3-pounder, and took it. That soon after a strong body of the enemy, headed by a Malay chief, made a charge on the eastern barrier, to endeavour to take a gun which was... Narrative of the Operations of a Detachment in an Expedition to Candy, in ... - Page 125 by Arthur Johnston - 1810 - 138 pages Full view -
|